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their accountability to you, use them. to cause justice to roll down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream. lord, during this impeachment trial, give our lawmakers the gift of discernment so that they will know truth from falsehood. inspire them to commit their thoughts and decisions to you. let your kingdom come and your will be done on earth as it is done in heaven. we pray in your mighty name, amen. please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance. leigh ann caldwell, give our lawmakers the gift of discernment so they know truth from falsehood. reporter: absolutely right. barry black is always very good at his opening prayer and tying it to the moment that is before this the senate. he did that once again. but i was saying before, as we re going to hear from the rest of the impeachment managers, including joaquim castro of texas, who could play a very big role today, nicole. leigh ann caldwell, we ll be calling on you all day. thanks for spend ....
tru trump s baseless conspiracy theories about voting fraud have devolved into an exercise into delegitimizing the election. chris krebs, the cyber security chief donald trump fired for accurately declaring the 2020 election secured. here he is with our own katy tur begging his party to take a stand. what we re seeing is a coordinated effort to intimidate republicans from speaking up and accepting the outcome. i spoke up. i defended the constitution, i put country over party and i suffered the kwoconsequences, you ll still suffering the consequences on a daily, hourly basis. i d do it over again, though. i don t know why others aren t. i suspect based on my experience in part they are, you know, they don t want to be put in this position but there s also the political implications and political suicide as i ve heard some say by coming to speak up. it s just time to get past this. this has to stop. everyone republicans need to stand up for the country. some of th ....
honor, ra a reminder of the insurrection that caused his death on the 6th of january. the united states senators whose lives and staffers lives he died protecting is being asked to show bravery, as well. house impeachment managers and the ex president s legal team today presented their briefs in next week s impeachment trial and the insurrection at the heart of that trial is not ancient history. they will be weighing decisions with the seat of american democracy and their workplace still showing the scars from an attack unlike any we ve seen in our lives. the manager s case is straightforward. they plan to use video of the president s rally leading up to this and comments by his violent supporters to show he instigated the attack and plan to rebut the notion a president cannot be tried after leaving office. as for the defense, well, their brief begins with a mistake, a pretty sloppy one at the top of page one as you see there, the lawyers misspelled united states. tho ....
qanon rhetoric and violent conspiracies. according to politico this morning, greene showed no remorse for extreme positions, which included past support for assassination of top democratic officials. politico also reports that kevin mccarthy and his top lieutenants are leaning towards removing green from one key house committee, not two. is that enough? the future of powerful house republican liz cheney also on the line after she had the audacity to vote her conscience in favor of impeaching trump for that capitol hill insurrection. but cnn s josh campbell starts us off. he s live in washington with more on officer sicknick lying in office. we take you live inside those images of the united states capitol rotunda, where the remains of fallen officer brian sicknick are lying in honor. swe we have seen members of the capitol police coming in to pay their respects, also members of the national guard. also lawmakers and staffers. that building remains closed to the genera ....
we re following all those headlines. and this. while democrats are moving forward without republicans to get americans covid relief aid, the white house is ramping up vaccine efforts. the new plan, send vaccine doses to community pharmacies. it s an all-out push to get ahead of more fast-moving variants. but first, we begin on capitol hill. lauren fox is tracking the republican rift between trump loyalists, longstanding conservatives. lauren, where do we stand? you have two politicians fate at stake here. marjorie taylor greene, but also liz cheney s leadership position. that s exactly right, jim. last night, we should note, kevin mccarthy, the minority leader in the house of representatives sat down for an hours-long meeting with marjorie taylor greene to talk about her future. we are told that the minority leader is still undecided about whether or not she will keep her post. but essentially we are learning from that meeting that marjorie taylor greene did not a ....